QuickTime 7.5 file association control pre / post intallation

Hey all ...
I've searched 'file association' and 'association(s)' here in this forum.
As I suspected (based on my own experiences with much earlier versions of QuickTime on Windows platforms), users of QT are still continuing to complain about their inability to control file type associations imposed by QuickTime, as recently as version 7.4.x .
Question: Will I be offerred a choice as to which file types to associate with Apple QuickTime 7.5 during install? If so, will my settings be retained by QT under all circumstances?
Thanks, k_m

I'm using QuickTime v. 7.6.0.
I have 15-minute video in h.264 with AAC audio that I cut and paste into two sections: I save the first half of the video and upload it to YouTube. The video on this first section works great, clear up to the 10-minute limit.
The second half that I cut and pasted into a new player gets saved and plays fine on my computer. When I upload this five-minute segment to YouTube, the audio starts right off playing about a second or two out of sync.
I have adjusted my audio rate to 44.100 and 64 bit or 128 and have tried cutting and pasting-to-fit the audio with no luck. Is this the kind of thing that you're experiencing?

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